(66)maestro:~>limit maxproc
maxproc 1044
(67)maestro:~>sysctl -n kern.maxproc
1044
this is a system wide limit.
#define CHILD_MAX 80 /* max simultaneous processes */
from <sys/syslimits.h>
defines the maximum number of processes a user can have (regardless
of the misleading comment).
this used to be 40 until i made jason change it last year :)